Lorillard Inc. (LO): Today's Featured Tobacco Winner

Lorillard was a winner within the tobacco industry, rising $1.62 (1.4%) to $121.35 on average volume.

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Lorillard ( LO) pushed the Tobacco industry higher today making it today's featured tobacco winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 2.2%. By the end of trading, Lorillard rose $1.62 (1.4%) to $121.35 on average volume. Throughout the day, 871,230 shares of Lorillard exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.1 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $119.25-$121.49 after having opened the day at $120.10 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $119.73.

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Lorillard, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells cigarettes in the United States. It markets approximately 43 product offerings in various brand names, including Newport, Kent, True, Maverick, and Old Gold. Lorillard has a market cap of $15.43 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 14.5, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 4.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are five analysts that rate Lorillard a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and five rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Lorillard as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, growth in earnings per share, increase in stock price during the past year and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.